Position: Center
2020-21 Teams: Sarnia (OHL)
It’s disappointing that the OHL delayed its season start this week, because watching Rees daily would have been one of the highlights of following the Carolina prospect pool. Last season, the former second-round pick had a breakout season offensively for Sarnia jumping from under a point-per-game in his draft year to 1.56 in 2019-20.
Rees should be one of the top scorers in the league during this campaign, assuming that they can move forward with the season at some point due to Ontario’s COVID restrictions. Unfortunately, he was one of the final cuts for a stacked Team Canada at this year’s World Juniors and would have been a easy fit into the team’s bottom six.